[Brian Allen]

Factor in the Social Security and Medicare Ponzi Scam liabilities and the debt leaps to Thirty Five Trillion Dollars.

Then factor in such other scams as the student loans that are never repaid; the ExIm "bank" scams that are never repaid and all of the other feral gummint "loan guarantees" [Fannie Mae's Hundreds of Billions spring to mind] that are going to be paid out on your behalf [All of these liabilities are in the plus side of feral gummint accounts] -- and the actual "national debt" most certainly exceeds Fifty Trillion Dollars.

And is growning even faster than it is being chased down by that most insidiously-manipulated form of taxation -- Inflation.

Counterfeiting by any other name. The deliberate increase in the supply of money, creation of credit and debasing of the currency that is currently running at a rate that sees the value of a United States of America Dollar halved every five years!

[servantoftheservant]

My taxes are real money. So why do they need to borrow? And borrow money from who? Money from where? Some dude makes a pronouncement, and 'voila!' 'poof!' here's more money! out of thin air!

is it all an illusion?